Photo Project: Sophia Kokores

For the last four months I have taken photographs of graffiti in East LA, South Central, and Venice Beach, Los Angeles. I chose this subject because I wanted to explore the different meanings of graffiti in a city that both accepts and illegalizes it. I learned to be more hyper-aware of my surroundings as graffiti can be found almost everywhere in this big city. I also learned that graffiti comes in many forms, from religious and political murals, to gang tagging, to artistic expressions. This was truly an eye-opening experience for me and I would encourage everyone to engage in participatory photography to learn, hands-on, about their own communities and express their particular perspectives about it.

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